Joel Strasser has broken the Guinness World Record for most baubles in a person’s beard (Picture: PA)
A man in Idaho has found a new way to get into the holiday spirit and break a world record at the same time.
On December 2, Joel Strasser of Kuna, Idaho, broke a world record for the number of Christmas baubles hung from a person’s beard. His grand total was 710 ornaments with a multitude of different sizes, materials, and colors.
Strasser and Guinness documented his process in a video posted to the company’s Instagram page. The entire process took Strasser over 2 and a half hours, then another hour to remove them completely.
Strasser guessed that the weight of the baubles added another five pounds to his face.
‘December of 2019 was the first time I stuck an ornament in my beard and the first time I broke the record,’ he told the record-breaker publishers. ‘Ever since then I’ve re-broken my own record every Christmas as I’ve improved my beard bauble technique.’
Guinness World Record describes Strasser as a ‘serial world record breaker,’ noting that he has also achieved other records primarily on objects placed in his beard.
Some of Strasser’s other world records include number of paper straws in the beard (534), chop sticks (520), toothpicks (3,500), and golf tees (607).
Strasser has competed for so many records that the company even decided to place a small cartoon caricature of him on the cover of its 2023 Guinness World Record Book.
Strasser plans to continue breaking various beard records. Just days ago, he posted another festive video stashing candy canes in his beard on his Instagram page.
Strasser’s beard records are far from the strangest records people compete over at Guinness.
In 2021, some of the strangest records broken include the number of spoons balanced on a person’s face, the longest distance carrying a table with one’s teeth, and the world’s longest moustache.
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Strasser guessed that the weight of the baubles added another five pounds to his face.